The knowledge of contemporary (or late modern) history from the French Revolution to the collapse of the communist world, phenomena which, as will be clarified during the course, can be considered plausible terms a quo and ad quem.
Knowledge and understanding:
The belief that the work of the historian is to fulfill an ethical and civic function is certainly not rare within the Academy. The thread that runs through the course refers to a different conception of the historical work, instead: though probably in the minority among the experts, we believe this conception, rejecting the idea that research must serve extra-scientific goals, to be equally legitimate.
Accordingly, the historian, in the exercise of his profession, must repudiate any ethical-pedagogical suggestion; he should reject any blandishment and flattery from those who would want to commission him therapeutic tasks, aimed at regenerating and legitimizing political and institutional systems.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
To understand the problematic issues connected to the work of the historian and link them with the teaching practice.
Making judgements:
To explain to the student what must be the intellectual autonomy of the historian, who, if truly such, should not take part, in our opinion, in any process of nation building. Neither a creator of identity nor a promoter of civic virtues, he must indeed take the risk that his work may reveal an irreconcilable contradiction between his professional duties and the civic obligations deriving from belonging to a common citizenship.
Communication skills:
The student will become able to bring out, with appropriate language, the problematic issues of the discipline.
Learning skills:
Let the student understand that Block's Defending the Undefendable is the best access key to understanding everything else.
Knowledge and understanding:
The belief that the work of the historian is to fulfill an ethical and civic function is certainly not rare within the Academy. The thread that runs through the course refers to a different conception of the historical work, instead: though probably in the minority among the experts, we believe this conception, rejecting the idea that research must serve extra-scientific goals, to be equally legitimate.
Accordingly, the historian, in the exercise of his profession, must repudiate any ethical-pedagogical suggestion; he should reject any blandishment and flattery from those who would want to commission him therapeutic tasks, aimed at regenerating and legitimizing political and institutional systems.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
To understand the problematic issues connected to the work of the historian and link them with the teaching practice.
Making judgements:
To explain to the student what must be the intellectual autonomy of the historian, who, if truly such, should not take part, in our opinion, in any process of nation building. Neither a creator of identity nor a promoter of civic virtues, he must indeed take the risk that his work may reveal an irreconcilable contradiction between his professional duties and the civic obligations deriving from belonging to a common citizenship.
Communication skills:
The student will become able to bring out, with appropriate language, the problematic issues of the discipline.
Learning skills:
Let the student understand that Block's Defending the Undefendable is the best access key to understanding everything else.
Canali
teacher profile teaching materials
During the first semestral class the aim is to thoroughly examine key historical breaking points from the so called ‘double revolution’ (french revolution - industrial revolution). Then, the class will study the european restoration, the liberal revolutions, the rise of newly born nations, social and welfare issues and finally the development and crisis of imperialism.
The second class will examine world war one and the consequences of peace, the rise of totalitarian movements, the Great Depression, world war two, the cold war, decolonization, the consumer society, the bipolar world and its end.
The mid-term exam will be a written, in-person exam. It will consist of an open-ended question and will cover the first five chapters of the textbook by Cammarano, Piretti, and Guazzaloca. Therefore, these chapters will not be the subject of questions during the exam.
For those who need to achieve 7 or 8 credits:
Fulvio Cammarano, Maria Serena Piretti, Giulia Guazzaloca, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, seconda edizione, Firenze-Milano, 2015
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
For those who need to achieve 5 or 6 credits:
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
For those who need to achieve 3 or 4 credits:
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
For those who need to obtain 1 or 2 credits:
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
Programme
The course will initially analyze the periodization of late modern history.During the first semestral class the aim is to thoroughly examine key historical breaking points from the so called ‘double revolution’ (french revolution - industrial revolution). Then, the class will study the european restoration, the liberal revolutions, the rise of newly born nations, social and welfare issues and finally the development and crisis of imperialism.
The second class will examine world war one and the consequences of peace, the rise of totalitarian movements, the Great Depression, world war two, the cold war, decolonization, the consumer society, the bipolar world and its end.
Core Documentation
MID-TERM EXAMThe mid-term exam will be a written, in-person exam. It will consist of an open-ended question and will cover the first five chapters of the textbook by Cammarano, Piretti, and Guazzaloca. Therefore, these chapters will not be the subject of questions during the exam.
For those who need to achieve 7 or 8 credits:
Fulvio Cammarano, Maria Serena Piretti, Giulia Guazzaloca, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, seconda edizione, Firenze-Milano, 2015
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
For those who need to achieve 5 or 6 credits:
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
For those who need to achieve 3 or 4 credits:
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
For those who need to obtain 1 or 2 credits:
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
Reference Bibliography
The one contained in the exam textsAttendance
Attendance is not mandatoryType of evaluation
The exam will be written, in person, with open-ended questions. It will be held in the second semester. For each text to be studied, there will be an open-ended question, which the candidate must answer within 45 minutes. The grades needed to pass the exam range from 18 to 30 with honours. In order to pass the exam, each individual answer must reach a passing grade (equal to 18). The height of the grade is directly proportional to the quality of preparation and presentation. teacher profile teaching materials
During the first semestral class the aim is to thoroughly examine key historical breaking points from the so called ‘double revolution’ (french revolution - industrial revolution). Then, the class will study the european restoration, the liberal revolutions, the rise of newly born nations, social and welfare issues and finally the development and crisis of imperialism.
The second class will examine world war one and the consequences of peace, the rise of totalitarian movements, the Great Depression, world war two, the cold war, decolonization, the consumer society, the bipolar world and its end.
The mid-term exam will be a written, in-person exam. It will consist of an open-ended question and will cover the first five chapters of the textbook by Cammarano, Piretti, and Guazzaloca. Therefore, these chapters will not be the subject of questions during the exam.
For those who need to achieve 7 or 8 credits:
Fulvio Cammarano, Maria Serena Piretti, Giulia Guazzaloca, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, seconda edizione, Firenze-Milano, 2015
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
For those who need to achieve 5 or 6 credits:
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
For those who need to achieve 3 or 4 credits:
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
For those who need to obtain 1 or 2 credits:
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
Programme
The course will initially analyze the periodization of late modern history.During the first semestral class the aim is to thoroughly examine key historical breaking points from the so called ‘double revolution’ (french revolution - industrial revolution). Then, the class will study the european restoration, the liberal revolutions, the rise of newly born nations, social and welfare issues and finally the development and crisis of imperialism.
The second class will examine world war one and the consequences of peace, the rise of totalitarian movements, the Great Depression, world war two, the cold war, decolonization, the consumer society, the bipolar world and its end.
Core Documentation
MID-TERM EXAMThe mid-term exam will be a written, in-person exam. It will consist of an open-ended question and will cover the first five chapters of the textbook by Cammarano, Piretti, and Guazzaloca. Therefore, these chapters will not be the subject of questions during the exam.
For those who need to achieve 7 or 8 credits:
Fulvio Cammarano, Maria Serena Piretti, Giulia Guazzaloca, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, seconda edizione, Firenze-Milano, 2015
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
For those who need to achieve 5 or 6 credits:
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
For those who need to achieve 3 or 4 credits:
Luca Tedesco, Il «Giornale degli Economisti» e la cultura liberista nell’Italia liberale. Poteri pubblici e libertà individuali, Le Monnier-Mondadori Education, Firenze-Milano (forthcoming)
For those who need to obtain 1 or 2 credits:
Max Weber, La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, Einaudi, Torino, 2004
Reference Bibliography
The one contained in the exam textsAttendance
Attendance is not mandatoryType of evaluation
The exam will be written, in person, with open-ended questions. It will be held in the second semester. For each text to be studied, there will be an open-ended question, which the candidate must answer within 45 minutes. The grades needed to pass the exam range from 18 to 30 with honours. In order to pass the exam, each individual answer must reach a passing grade (equal to 18). The height of the grade is directly proportional to the quality of preparation and presentation.